Canadian death clock: Estimated mortality in Canada by the second

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• Death clocks
• Estimated mortality exploration tool
• Mortality data table
• Acknowledgements

Death clocks

Figure 1: Death clocks for the top 10 causes of death among

Estimated mortality exploration tool

Use the bargraph below to view the estimated number of deaths in Canada graphically, where the values update every time that a new death is estimated to have occurred. Here, you can choose to view whether you want to see the estimated number of deaths so far today or so far this year, and you can break the estimates down by cause, age, and sex.

Figure 2: Estimated number of deaths in Canada so far due to , by

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Mortality data table

In the following table, you will find the top 10 causes of death among all Canadians, optionally broken down by sex or by age, in the year 2023. For each of these causes and groupings, you will find the number of deaths recorded in 2023 and the associated estimated number of deaths in 2025, along with the average estimated time between deaths.

Table 1: Top 10 causes of death in Canada , 2023 (and 2025 estimates)

Acknowledgements

This tool is an update of and expansion upon the original Canadian Health Clock, which was developed in 2019 in a collaboration between Health Infobase and Drs. Bernard C. K. Choi and Douglas G. Manuel. Thank you, Drs. Choi and Manuel for your innovative work towards health risk communication and knowledge translation, without which this present update would not have been possible.